US taxpayers even paid out trillions for Banks in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.

Responding to Jones' rebuttal, Kessler -- who sparked outrage last year after his error-riddled Medicare for All "fact-check" -- argued that "there is a definitional issue about what one considers a bailout" and suggested that loans from the Fed may not fit his definition.

This argument sparked ridicule on social media, with critics accusing Kessler of playing word games to score cheap points at the expense of factual accuracy.

The government committed bailout money to 978 recipients. Those recipients have received a total of $441 billion. A total of $390 billion has been returned.

The Treasury has been earning a return on most of the TARP money invested or loaned. So far, the total return is: $52.5B.

While the Treasury has paid out money to 978 recipients, only 780 of those received funds via investments meant to return money to taxpayers. The rest received subsidies through TARP's housing programs  that money (so far totaling $29.1 billion) isn't coming back.

Of the 780 investments made by the Treasury, 633 have resulted in a profit. 138 of the investments resulted in a loss. So far, the profits amount to $48.3 billion, while the losses amount to $17.3 billion. 9 of the investments are still outstanding.

The total amount invested in Fannie and Freddie so far is $191B. The Treasury has been earning a return on its investments, which has resulted in a profit. So far the companies have paid $297B in dividends to the Treasury.

You asked how much more do I want to spend with the Pentagon. While most can agree that the US spends way too much on its defense budget, there's no denying that there are still some government successes from such expenditures, which was the basis for my retort in #10.